ITV has announced that the network has chosen the OperaBabes to sing its World Cup 2002 theme. Karen England and Rebecca Knight have recorded a special version of 'Un Bel Di' from Puccini's Madame ...

Travelex, which snapped up ITV's sponsorship at the 11th hour, is running a series of ad break bumpers themed 'World Cup firsts'. The BBC traditionally out-scores its commercial rival by around three ...

BBC and ITV executives have admitted that they may lose the battle to broadcast the World Cup in 2002. The German group which holds the broadcast rights, Kirch, wants to sell them off to pay-TV ...

England's soccer team qualified for the 2002 World Cup Saturday, prompting fresh talks between event rights holders the Kirch Group and U.K. broadcasters ITV and BBC, who have yet to agree on a ...

The BBC and ITV have clinched an unprecedented £140m deal for the UK broadcast rights to the 2002 and 2006 World Cup tournaments, it has been announced this morning. German rights holder Kirch ...

ITV and the BBC have agreed plans for shared coverage of the World Cup Finals in Korea and Japan. Live coverage of England and Ireland s Group matches will be split as follows: Each broadcaster ...

Kirsch, along with ISL, another sports company, paid almost £1.5 billion for the world rights for both the 2002 and 2006 World Cups. In order to recoup some of their outlay Kirsch are said to be ...

The BBC and ITV are on the verge of signing a massive £100m deal for the joint broadcasting rights to the 2002 World Cup, according to CNN.